Winning $50,000 Powerball lottery ticket is sold out recently in Meridian

The billion dollar Powerball drawing is Monday night, but someone has already won a really nice prize, $50,000!

The ticket was sold at Meridian’s North Hills Texaco. The lucky player matched 4 out of 5 white balls and the Powerball in the Oct. 29 drawing.

If you bought a ticket, check it carefully! Mississippi Lottery Corporation said there was another $50,000 winner in Leland, with the ticket purchased at Double Quick #61.

Neither player selected the Powerplay option, which was 3. Doing so would have tripled their wins to $150,000. Meanwhile, the jackpot for Monday night’s drawing is now an estimated $1 billion, with an estimated cash value of $497.3 million.

If a player wins Monday’s jackpot, it will be the second largest jackpot in Powerball’s 30-year history and fifth largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history.